Brighton Secondary School F1 in SchoolsCongratulations! Recently ‘Spectrum’ from Brighton Secondary School ‘F1 in Schools’ (https://lnkd.in/gavKPdU) team competed at the Australian National Finals and became the 2017 Australian Development class Champions, winning 8/12 of the awards with a record breaking 827 out of 900 points. Winning the Nationals enabled Spectrum to join with ‘Evolve’ from Germany to create ‘Aurora’ who will be competing in the 13th annual F1 in Schools World Finals in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia from the 22nd -27th September against 40 other countries. Aurora is looking for a sponsorship to compete in the competition, which covers all aspects, including travel and accommodation, competition registration and trade display.
If you are interested in supporting the team please contact James at james@teamaurora.com.au You can find more about the team at the following; www.teamaurora.com.au
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The Advanced Technology Industry School Pathways Program is an initiative funded from the Commonwealth by the Department of Defence.

The program aims to increase the numbers of students studying science, maths and technology while at school and post school. The increase in professional and vocational pathways will provide greater workforce capacity for industries which support the growing defence industries in South Australia. With the addition of five more schools in 2017, there are twenty-four schools involved in this program. The schools in the program are:

Online registration for the 3D printing competition close Friday on the 30th June.The link to enter ishttp://theshow.com.au/show-entries/competition-details-entry-forms/technology/You need to set up an account (or some schools may already have a school account) which is free and then go to add an entry section. Then pick 3D printing competition and then the Category your entry will go into.Make sure your registrations are completed by 30 June 2017.

Entries are to be delivered to the Advanced Technology Pavillion between 9:00am and 3:00pm on Wednesday the 23rd August.

Aboriginal Summer School for Excellence in Science and Technology (ASSETS)

ASSETS is a 9 day summer school for year 10 students who are interested in science, technology, engineering or mathematics and who identify with their Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander culture and heritage.

Here’s your chance to send an experiment into space!

In an Australian-first, the International Space Station (ISS) has started preparations to host three STEM experiments created by DECD school students. The experiments will hitch a ride with Neumann Space, a South Australian start-up who have ...

This program may be useful for PLP, linking with Girls in STEM school programs or cross-curriculum pathways. The producers of the program are very helpful and available to discuss any issues, further questions etc. Please let Sarah know if you would like to talk to them.